Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
Will hope go down to the gates of death? Will we go down together into the dust?”
“When will you stop these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.
Now Job had three friends: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. When these friends heard about Job’s troubles, they agreed to meet and visit him. They wanted to show their concern and to comfort him.